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Kanji Detail for 丙 - "third, rank, fire"
丙
- Meaning
丙 means "third, rank, fire."
Third - The third in a series.
C - The third grade or rank.
Fire - One of the five elements (in traditional cosmology).
South - The southern direction.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
third class; 3rd; 3rd calendar sign
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
third; 3rd heavenly stem
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; third in order; letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 165°; propyl
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
third; 3rd heavenly stem
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The third position of the Ten Heavenly Stems. Yin-Yang practitioners associate 丙 with fire. Hence 丙 is used to mean fire. Such as 付丙, meaning to burn with fire.
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